Have you ever encountered someone in a position of authority, who equated Leading with Inspecting? These are people who somehow find themselves with a semblance of responsibility, but rather than really leading they reduce their activities to merely inspecting activities and outputs. This is Clipboard Leadership, and it is one of the most demotivating forms…

“A lot of things can happen when you have an insecure leader. None of it very good.” That bit of wisdom was passed along to me by a wise mentor many years ago, and it has helped to guide my leadership ever since. The reason for the power of this statement is that a sense…

Ever been rattled as a leader? Sure you have. It’s happened each time a project failed miserably. It’s happened each time you received a stinging criticism. No leader is immune to having their confidence shaken. And when it happens, depending how hard you’ve been rattled, it can cause you to begin second-guessing your leadership. Decisions…

Sometimes it can seem that finding the right leadership action to solve a problem is like pure guess-work. But at other times, faced with a challenge, you will almost instinctively reach for just the right leadership action and achieve tremendous results. The difference often comes down to muscle memory. And it’s a principle that can…

“The water should be deep enough here.” Many a ship’s captain has believed that lie, and many of their ships have ended up stranded on a sandbar or dashed against a reef. In the same way, there are lies that leaders are tempted to tell themselves every day. And some of these can shipwreck their…